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No love for $x, $y, or $z?
by p_s_w 14y ago
No love for $x, $y, or $z?
- Millennium 14y agoIn those cases, at least, there are some longstanding traditions that impart meaning to those names. Break those traditions at your own peril, but if you use them within the proper context, that's not a bad thing at all. The same applies to $i and $j.
- p_s_w 14y agoNot when they're used in every context.
- Millennium 14y agoWell, yes, but I already covered that: if the names don't fit within the tradition that imparts meaning to them, then you need more descriptive names.